# Seattle Chapter / Meetups **URL:** \ **Category:** Events & meetups\ **Created:** [February 22, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872 "2018-02-22T22:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joseadna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/joseadna/32/451_2.png) [@joseadna](https://community.humanetech.com/u/joseadna)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/1 "2018-02-22T22:11:32Z")
I’d like to put together a Puget Sound area group, possibly using [meetup.com](http://meetup.com) to schedule and coordinate events. Is there any interest in this? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![hellbox](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/hellbox/32/454_2.png) [@hellbox](https://community.humanetech.com/u/hellbox)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/2 "2018-02-22T23:48:25Z")
I’d love to have a local chapter / meetup. ---
**Author:** ![James](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/james/32/239_2.png) [@James](https://community.humanetech.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/3 "2018-02-23T20:23:14Z")
Interested. Thanks! Best, James ---
**Author:** ![joseadna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/joseadna/32/451_2.png) [@joseadna](https://community.humanetech.com/u/joseadna)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2018, 1:29am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/4 "2018-02-24T01:29:02Z")
I’m going to bite the bullet and put one together this weekend. I’ll post here when I’ve got the page set up so people can sign up. ---
**Author:** ![Chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Chrisk](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/5 "2018-02-25T23:52:41Z")
Interested! Thx - Chris ---
**Author:** ![hausemax98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@hausemax98](https://community.humanetech.com/u/hausemax98)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/6 "2018-02-26T00:41:14Z")
I will try to make it if one gets made! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![klukoff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/klukoff/32/525_2.png) [@klukoff](https://community.humanetech.com/u/klukoff)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/7 "2018-02-26T03:38:13Z")
I’d attend a Seattle meetup too! ---
**Author:** ![joseadna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/joseadna/32/451_2.png) [@joseadna](https://community.humanetech.com/u/joseadna)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/8 "2018-02-26T18:32:39Z")
I set up a Meetup group, available at [https://www.meetup.com/Humane-Tech-Seattle-Puget-Sound/](https://www.meetup.com/Humane-Tech-Seattle-Puget-Sound/) for anyone who’s interested. It’s only been up for a few hours and hasn’t been promoted anywhere but we already have about a dozen new signups, so…apparently there’s interest. ---
**Author:** ![James](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/james/32/239_2.png) [@James](https://community.humanetech.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/9 "2018-02-26T18:35:27Z")
I signed up. Thanks for putting it up on Meetup. ---
**Author:** ![joseadna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/joseadna/32/451_2.png) [@joseadna](https://community.humanetech.com/u/joseadna)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/10 "2018-02-27T23:58:43Z")
Well, we’ve got 40 members on Meetup now. Feel free to post here or on the boards there proposing events, and I can make others mods of the group so we can use it to schedule things. I’d much prefer to have in-person conversations when possible! ---
**Author:** ![KeithFK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/keithfk/32/615_2.png) [@KeithFK](https://community.humanetech.com/u/KeithFK)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/11 "2018-03-05T19:48:48Z")
Are any of you interested in discussing possible project ideas and activity? Is that kind of thing better done here or on the Meetup site? ---
**Author:** ![joseadna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/joseadna/32/451_2.png) [@joseadna](https://community.humanetech.com/u/joseadna)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/12 "2018-03-05T23:38:45Z")
I’m interested. If you want to talk to others in the Seattle area, we should maybe try for in-person conversations via Meetup events (which could be cross-posted here). Do you think you’d want to attend an introductory “meet up and talk about goals and ideas” kind of event? Or better yet, host one? Online discussions…I don’t know? The Meetup group boards don’t get much traffic for most Meetup groups, IME, people go to places like Facebook or Slack for that kind of thing, and you might have better luck here than there. ---
**Author:** ![KeithFK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/keithfk/32/615_2.png) [@KeithFK](https://community.humanetech.com/u/KeithFK)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/13 "2018-03-05T23:54:51Z")
I completely agree about getting together in-person - and I’m absolutely interested in doing so. I live on Bainbridge Island, and I don’t have access to meeting spaces downtown. Should we start by meeting for coffee? Is downtown convenient for you? ---
**Author:** ![James](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/james/32/239_2.png) [@James](https://community.humanetech.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/14 "2018-03-06T02:30:32Z")
About how many folks are interested in meeting up (based on here and Meetup)? I can see about a meeting space in downtown Seattle. ---
**Author:** ![joseadna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/joseadna/32/451_2.png) [@joseadna](https://community.humanetech.com/u/joseadna)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/15 "2018-03-06T17:26:58Z")
The Meetup group currently has something like 55 members; maybe the best way to do it is to just set some in-person dates with hosts and see who RSVPs. I’ll try adding a poll to the discussion boards to see what people’s availability is for in-person events, and see if we get any bites there as well. Would anyone like to volunteer to be an assistant organizer or event organizer in that group? It’d help with scheduling and hosting events. ---
**Author:** ![James](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/james/32/239_2.png) [@James](https://community.humanetech.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/16 "2018-03-06T17:59:58Z")
I’m uncertain if I can commit to being a co-organizer. But I can probably find a place for a first meetup. Let me check a couple of (a)venues and follow up here shortly. ---
**Author:** ![joseadna](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/joseadna/32/451_2.png) [@joseadna](https://community.humanetech.com/u/joseadna)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/17 "2018-03-06T19:16:09Z")
Thanks. Related: This event is happening tonight and may be pertinent to people’s interests. It’s at 7 in Kane Hall on the UW campus, and if registration spots are still open it’s free to attend. I don’t think I can make it myself, though (single parent means last-minute plans are tricky). [http://techpolicylab.org/events/spring-distinguished-lecture-kate-crawford/](http://techpolicylab.org/events/spring-distinguished-lecture-kate-crawford/) ---
**Author:** ![KeithFK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/keithfk/32/615_2.png) [@KeithFK](https://community.humanetech.com/u/KeithFK)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 12:49am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/18 "2018-03-08T00:49:22Z")
I’m happy to help organize something in the downtown or Capitol Hill areas … or maybe UW. What location are you thinking of James? ---
**Author:** ![James](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/james/32/239_2.png) [@James](https://community.humanetech.com/u/James)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/19 "2018-03-08T03:38:51Z")
Hi Keith – I was thinking downtown. Though other areas are fine, too. ---
**Author:** ![KeithFK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/keithfk/32/615_2.png) [@KeithFK](https://community.humanetech.com/u/KeithFK)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872/20 "2018-03-08T03:51:44Z")
Downtown would be good - let me know when you have a good sense of some possible places and dates/times. [Next page](https://community.humanetech.com/t/seattle-chapter-meetups/872.md?page=2)